Conversations with a 2-yr old

One of my favorite times of day is in the evening after Willow and I have read books before she goes to bed. I turn on her music, grab bear and blankie, then hold her as we talk about our day, what the plan is for the next day, then pray. It's fun to have more "conversations" with Willow as she's gotten more confident in getting her points across, knowing that we understand more of what she's saying. Here's what our conversation sounded like tonight:

Willow: head boo-boo

Mommy: Did you get a boo-boo on your head today?

W: yah

M: You didn't get a boo-boo after mommy came home. Did you get a boo-boo with Nana and Grandpa today?

W: park

M: You got a boo-boo at the park? Did you hit your head when you were under something or did you fall over?

W: ...(silence)...

M: (realizes that the answer to this question is not quite within our vocabulary yet)

M: Did you stand up and bump your head?

W: ...(silence)...ladder

M: Were you climbing up the ladder to go down the slide?

W: Ready

M: (knowing that my mom has mentioned telling Willow to wait at the top of the slide until she's told her that she's "ready" at the bottom to catch her) Did Nana tell you she was ready for you to come down the slide?

W: yah

M: Did you hit your head on the slide?

W: ladder

M: ...(silence and confusion on what to ask next)...

W: duck mommy alligator (Her retelling of the end of one of our new library books [therefore, ending the retelling of her boo-boo story] about a duck who got away from it's mommy then swam over to her quickly when there was an alligator in the pond).

M: You're right. The duck needed to swim to her mommy to stay away from the alligator.

The translation from Nana was that she did indeed hit her head at the park. She decided to jump off of a little ledge into Nana's arms (unannounced, of course) but hit her head on the bar above her. When they got home Daddy was on the roof and climbed down the ladder to see them. It made perfect sense to her =)